Province of Modena

Modena, ranking second in population only to its eastern neighbor Bologna, commands a singular culinary empire defined by its dual obsession with dark, syrupy balsamic alchemy and the electric, frothy snap of Lambrusco. This territory boasts exactly 29 protected denominations. The landscape transitions from the fertile valley floor to the foothills of Savignano sul Panaro, where vines thrive. While neighbors focus on heavy still reds, Modena’s identity sparkles uniquely through hyper-local terroirs like Castelvetro, where the sediment-rich soils yield Lambrusco Grasparossa, a deeply colored, tannic sparkling red found nowhere else on earth.